The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn't ordered to do.

Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think, "How many roles are there for someone my age?"

A man's just gotta know his limits

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

In America, instead of making the audience come to the film, the idea seems to be for you to go to the audience. They come up with the demographics for the film and then the film is made and sold strictly to that audience.